| Title | Intro | Date |
| Lawmakers' no-tobacco goal aims to get results from state programs |
A day after they voted to ban alcohol from cars, a group of lawmakers set their sights Thursday on another old-time Texas vice: tobacco. |
03/23/01 |
| State High Court to Hear Limits on Smokers' Rights |
The California Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the rights of smokers to sue tobacco companies but is staying out of another big-money dispute over the Legislature's past spending of tobacco tax money. |
03/23/01 |
| Students Entering College As NonSmokers 40 Percent Less Likely to Take up Smoking When they Live in Smoke-Free Dorms |
BOSTON, MA (March 23, 2001) -- College students who live in smoke-free dorms are 40 percent less likely to take up smoking than their counterparts who live in unrestricted housing, according to a new study being released today by the Harvard School of Pub |
03/23/01 |
| So That's Why Smokers Look Older |
LONDON (Reuters) - Premature aging caused by years of smoking could be due to tobacco smoke triggering an increase in a protein that breaks down the elasticity of the skin, British researchers said Friday. |
03/22/01 |
| Colleges Urged to Deter Smoking |
BOSTON - The college years, says University of Maryland senior Andrew Ashwal, are often when smoking becomes a lifelong habit. |
03/22/01 |
| Tobacco shares feel heat of new lawsuits, Fed rate cuts |
NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - Tobacco-related shares skidded on Tuesday, amid news of new lawsuits and the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest-rate cut. But industry watchers still assert that the companies will continue to post solid gains in their share pr |
03/21/01 |
| Anti-smoking crusader carries her message to students |
Six years ago Fritzi Santos of Fallon, Nev. had throat surgery. Three years ago she discovered the electronic devise that has meant all the difference. |
03/21/01 |
| Attorneys: Smoke made flight attendant ill |
MIAMI -- Attorneys for a disabled TWA flight attendant blamed the poison in secondhand cigarette smoke for putting her on a waiting list for a double lung transplant. |
03/21/01 |
| Arizona and 18 other states take on R.J. Reynolds |
PHOENIX - The Arizona Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit yesterday against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., claiming the tobacco giant violated terms of a multibillion dollar settlement by advertising year-round at two local race tracks. |
03/20/01 |
| Five States To Sue Tobacco Company |
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five states announced plans Monday to sue R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., contending the company has violated a promise to stop marketing to youngsters. |
03/19/01 |
| Spitzer Sues Tobacco Company For Violations Of Tobacco Settlement Agreement |
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced a lawsuit against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for utilizing billboard advertising in violation of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). New York’s lawsuit is one of six actions being filed to |
03/19/01 |
| Prowers County Nursing receives grant to begin anti-tobacco campaign |
A $60,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will be used to form a tobacco prevention and awareness program in Prowers County. Prowers was one of 28 counties across the state to receive a grant in an effort by the state t |
03/19/01 |
